Care of CollectionsSimon J. Knell Often overlooked by the public, the central interests of museums are collections and their conservation and use. It is this relationship with collections which separates museums from other educational and heritage institutions.- from publisher. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The museum some definitions | 13 |
Some definitions of museum | 15 |
The Museums Charter | 17 |
Thinking about museums | 19 |
The museum as a staging ground for symbolic action | 21 |
How sweet it is cultural politics in Barbados | 26 |
A sense of purpose rethinking museum values and strategies | 33 |
Museum sector workforce survey an analysis of the workforce in the museum gallery and heritage sector in the United Kingdom | 164 |
Image and selfimage | 172 |
Museum director as manager | 177 |
The state of pay | 186 |
Are you sitting comfortably? Are equal opportunities a luxury? | 192 |
Women and museums | 212 |
Common ground | 227 |
Professionalism | 229 |
The principles of museum administration | 41 |
Museums for the year 2000 a case for continuous revolution | 47 |
Museum futures | 51 |
Pierro della Francesca and the trainspotters | 55 |
Making up is hard to do | 62 |
Museum as dialogue | 67 |
The future of history museums | 71 |
The proper business of the museum ideas or things? | 82 |
Visiting and evaluating museums | 90 |
Museums UK | 95 |
The museum scene | 97 |
The National Audit Office report on museums Britains museums deliver the product | 103 |
Public palaces or private places? | 107 |
Purpose of museums and special characteristics of independents | 112 |
Higher concerns | 116 |
The museums profession | 125 |
Curatorial identity | 127 |
Defining curation | 142 |
Crosscommunity curatorial competences | 147 |
The American art director as professional results of a survey | 154 |
A new professionalism | 231 |
Scholarship or selfindulgence? | 237 |
Scholarship and the public | 247 |
The ongoing pursuit of professional status | 251 |
Ethics constructing a code | 257 |
Codes of ethical conduct | 263 |
Tentative code of museum ethics | 265 |
Code of ethics for museums | 271 |
Code of professional ethics | 277 |
Code of conduct for museum professionals | 293 |
Institutional standards | 305 |
Setting standards for museums | 307 |
Registration Scheme for museums and galleries in the United Kingdom Second phase Draft for Consultation | 311 |
No objects no money no venue no problem | 324 |
Guidelines on disability and quality of service for museums and galleries in the United Kingdom | 326 |
Code of practice for museum authorities | 336 |
Performance assessment in museums | 345 |
Further reading | 353 |
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